Promoting women will boost economic potential of U.S., S.Korea - Yellen

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen attends a lunch meeting with women entrepreneurs in Seoul, South Korea, July 19, 2022. Lee Jin-man/Pool via REUTERS

SEOUL (Reuters) - Boosting women's participation in the workforce and giving them more leadership opportunities would boost the economic potential of South Korea and the United States, U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told a group of women entrepreneurs in Seoul.

Women represented a "huge untapped resource" for both the United States and South Korea, Yellen, the first woman to head the U.S. Treasury, told the women in remarks prepared for delivery during a lunch at a vegan restaurant in Seoul.